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Mexico arrests ex-official, charges 8 soldiers in 2014 disappearance of 43 students

  • Former head of anti-kidnapping unit in Mexico arrested in connection with disappearance of 43 students in 2014
  • Students were abducted by security forces and turned over to a local drug gang, who apparently killed and burned them
  • Growing evidence suggests police and military collusion with drug traffickers may have been involved in the abduction
  • Four other soldiers are already in pre-trial detention, including a commander who allegedly ordered the murder of six of the men
  • The soldiers are alleged to have cooperated with corrupt police in kidnapping the students before handing them over to the crime syndicate Guerreros Unidos
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